Those numbers are quite high for a player that was ranked 202nd in the league offensively and 361st in the league defensively by Synergy Sports. The year before, he was ranked 137th in the league offensively and 331st in the league defensively.

DeRozan is an athletic scorer on mediocre percentages and efficiency. He is putting up empty points per game averages and a player of his per minute production level (career PER of 13.4) should be getting no more than $5 million per season.

The Raptors set a bad precedent this summer when they gifted Fields his $19 million dollar contract. If an average role player like Landry Fields can get $6.3 million per year, then DeRozan, who is the marketed as one of the cornerstones of the franchise, should be netting more than him.

They would have been a lot better off letting the market dictate DeRozan’s value during free-agency. DeRozan is very much replaceable, so there is no reason for the team to panic and give him that extension.

Since Bryan Colangelo took over during the 2005-06 NBA season, the team has committed more than $240 million in the following players:

Andrea Bargnani

Jose Calderon

Linas Kleiza

Amir Johnson

Landry Fields

Jason Kapono

Hedo Turkoglu

With DeRozan added to the list, they have committed over a quarter of a billion dollars in players who haven’t contributed a lot to winning basketball games. It pretty much explains why the team has been so painfully mediocre so far in the Bryan Colangelo era.